India's cricket captain MS Dhoni has been appointed a brand ambassador for Star Sports to promote Barclays Premier League (BPL) football in India, which will this season have a Hindi feed for the first ...

The power wielded by the authorised distributors of India's most popular television channels is under scrutiny by the Indian regulator, following complaints of monopolistic behaviour from the country's ...

The next version of the low-cost tablet Aakash should be available by January 2014, following the finalisation of its specifications by the Indian Government, the Telecom and IT Minister, Kapil Sibal, ...

The international arm of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is to be carried on DD Direct Plus, the free-to-air satellite TV platform run by India's public broadcaster Prasar Bharati.
The ...

A star-studded charity event to raise funds for the Uttarakhand flood victims is to be shown live across the Star India TV network on 15 August.
The seven-hour event, entitled Saath Hai Hum - Uttarakhand, ...

Reliance Digital TV and Sun Direct are reportedly set to merge to become India's second largest direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV company.
Reliance Communications, the parent company of Reliance Digital ...

Two new entertainment services have been unveiled in India for viewers of Sony Bravia Internet connected TVs in the shape of video-on-demand (VOD) app Sony LIV and movie-on-demand service BIGFlix.
Multi ...

US-based College Retirement Equities Fund has bought a major stake in Indian direct-to-home satellite TV platform Dish TV, for an estimated INR320 million (almost €4 million).
The 646,400,000 shares ...

A bitter dispute over television audience measurement data has been resolved by India's broadcasters, advertisers, agencies, and ratings measurement company, who have all agreed that television viewership ...

Epic, the new Hindi entertainment channel focusing on Indian history, is readying itself for an August launch on digital direct-to-home (DTH) or cable TV platforms, subject to regulatory approvals.
The ...

Star India has entered into a multi-million dollar deal with Reliance Industries and International Management Group (IMG) to become equity partners in a ten-year football joint venture to run what is to ...

Indian sports and entertainment channel Sony Six has won the exclusive regional broadcast rights to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
The deal with the Multi Screen ...

ESPN Star Sports is to provide live television and digital coverage of next month's inaugural Indian Badminton League (IBL), after seeing off bids by broadcast rivals Sony Television and Ten Sports, according ...

Three of India's six private direct-to-home (DTH) satellite operators have been sent ministerial show cause notices for not showing all of the mandatory TV channels from state broadcaster Doordarshan (DD). ...

A new video-on-demand (VOD) television channel is launching in India, following a tie-up between the digital arm of Hollywood studio Warner Bros and Lukup Media.
The service, which will be available ...

The Indian Government has approved a new regulatory framework for television ratings agencies, in a bid to ensure audience measurement systems become credible and accountable.
Regulatory control over ...

The best of Indian comedy will feature in a week-long event on YouTube, with over 400 hours of comedy content running on the Google-owned video-sharing site until 12 September.
Popular TV shows – including ...